Glove



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\Sept. 3, 1931.

GLOVE,

Filed Jan. 16, 1930 Inventor 6', 6'. C(40// A ttormy Fatented Sept. 81931 UNITED STATES PATENT rric CHARLIE C. CECIL, F SALEM, VIRGINIA,ASSIGNOR TO REX MANUFACTURING 00., OF ROANOKE, VIRGINIA V GLOVEApplication filed January 16, 1930. Serial No. 421,220. I

The present invention relates to an improvement in gloves of a typecommonly known as workingmens gloves and has for its principal object toprovide a reinforcing tip for the back of the fingers of the glove.

Another very important object of the pres ent invention is to providereinforcing means of this character which may be constructed of leatheror other durable flexible material and in which the reinforcements forthe several fingers of the glove are continuously formed and cut fromthe stock as a unit, the unit being so formed and arranged that the unitis located entirely on the back of the glove and no part of the unitenters the crotches of the fingers.

The invention is adapted for use on that type of glove known as theG-unn pattern in which the two middle fingers are formed separately fromthe palm portion and the inglove is sewn to the palm part, all of thefinger seams are located on the back edge of the fingers. The outeredges of each finger part of the unit are sewn to the glove by the samestitches which connect the palm portions of the fingers of the glove tothe finger parts of the back of the glove and the inner edges of theunit are sewn to the back part of the glove. Thus no part of the unitenters the crotches and the entire unit is located on the back of theglove.

A further object is to provide an article of manufacture of thischaracter which is simple and practical in construction, which may bemanufactured at comparatively low cost and which at the same timepossesses the desired qualities of strength, durability and neatness.

Other objects and advantages reside in the special construction,combination and arrangement of the various elements forming theinvention as more fully hereinafter described and claimed, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings forming part hereof, wherein likenumerals refer to like parts throughout, and in which:

. Figure 1 is a rear elevational view of a glove constructed inaccordancewith my invention, 1

Figure 2 is a plan view of the continuously formed reinforcing tip forthe fingers and Figure 3 is a transverse sectional view through one ofthe fingerstaken substantially along a line 3-3 of Figure 1.

Referring to the drawings'in detail the invention comprises a gloveformed of the usual palm and back portions 4 and 5 respectivelysecuredat their meeting side edges to each other and to the inner edgeof which may beattached the usual gauntlet 6. The scams 3 for the handportions of the palm and back are positioned inwardly of the sides alongthe back so as to keep the sides of the glove free from seams.

Finger stalls 7 are provided by forming the outeredges of the palm andback portion with strips of material 4 and 5 respectively sewed adjacenttheir side edges. The front side of the glove, including the fingerstrip, is preferably constructed of leather'or other suitable toughflexible material whereas the back portion 5 including the back of thefinger strips is constructed of fabric, flannel or other substantiallysoft material.

.ris before stated the parts 4 of the two middle fingers are sewn attheir inner ends tothe palm part of the glove while these partst of theindex and little fingers are formed with the palm portion. Each part 4is of such a width as to extend over the front and side portion of afinger so that when said part l" is sewn to the rear part 5 theconnecting seamsare located on the back of thefingers.

To the'backs of the fingers 7 are secured reinforcing tips 8, the tipsfor the entire set of fingers being cut as a unit from thestock andconnected to each other adjacent their,

tips, so that when. placed over thebacks of the finger stalls 7 in amanner as shown in Figure 1 of the drawings,the knuckles of the fingerswill be free for unencumbered bending movement by the stiffness of thematerial of which the tips are constructed.

The reinforcing tips are secured to the back of the fingers and the backof the glove by a row of stitching 11 which extends entirely along theinner marginal edge of the tip, including each side of the V-shaped cutout portion 10. The outer marginal edge of the unit is stitched to theglove by the same stitches 14 which connect the parts a of the fingerstalls with the parts 5 thereof.

It will be noted from an inspection of Figure 1 of the drawings that theconnecting portion 9 of the tip extends inwardly along the back of theglove beyond the crotch12 between the fingers so that no portion of thereinforcing unit enters the crotches of the fingers.

The seam connecting the front and back portions of the finger stalls ispositioned along the backs of the fingers, as indicated at 13.

However the seam 13 flares slightly toward the outer ends of the fingersso that the seam at the ends of the fingers will appear at the outeredges of the finger tips and not inwardly at either the back or frontportion of the fingers. At the crotch however the seam 13 is broughtrearwardly of the crotch along the back of the glove and this seam alsoserves as a securing means for the outer marginal edges of the tips 8.

The meeting edges of the material forming this seam are turned inwardlyas will be more clearly observed from an inspection of Figure 3 of thedrawings and are likewise secured by a row of stitching indicated at 14.

The tips 8 are cut from the'stock by dies in the usual manner and itwill be apparent that by cutting the tips as a unit, that the tip forthe entire set of fingers may be cut at a single operation and thusmaterially reduce the number of operations ordinarily required wiherethe tip for each finger is cut individua ly.

Furthermore the tips may be sewed with the backs of the fingers withgreater facility where the same are interconnected as the operator ofthe machine is not required to pick up each of the tips separately andplace the same in position for the sewing operation.

Experience has shown that this saving in the steps required to producethe glove is material where quantity production is involved.

It is obvious that my invention is susceptible to various changes andmodifications in construction without departing from the spirit of theinvention or the scope of the appended claim, and I accordingly claimall such forms of the device to which I am entitled.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new is:

A glove including back and palm portions having finger pieces secured toeach other to form individual finger stalls the finger pieces of thepalm being of greater width than the finger pieces of the back wherebyto dispose the meeting edges of the fingers along the back of the finers and reinforcing tips for the back of the finger stalls formed of asingle piece of material and having a continuous front edge coextensivewith the edges of the finger pieces and connected at the seams of saidfinger pieces and a continuous rear edge connected to the back of theglove.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

CHARLIE C. CECIL.

